Is the abdomen narrow and of variable width and the face and abdomen are bright red?	Is the abdomen stocky and the same width along its length, and are the base of the wings clouded with golden brown?
Red-veined Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum	Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum

Written by Mark Lung and Stefan Sommer, 2000
Photos by Dennis Paulson, 2001.